NOTES ON SOME NATIVE DIALECTS OF VICTORIA. 243 
NOTES on SOME NATIVEH DIALECTS or VICTORIA. 
By R. H. MATHEWS, L.s., 
Corres. Memb. Anthrop. Soc., Washington, U.S.A. 
[| With one Illustration. ] 
[Read before the Royal Society of N. S. Wales, October 7, 1903. ] 
HAVING collected some additional details respecting the 
grammatical structure of the Woiwurru, Bunwurru, 
Léwurru, Buibatyalli, Nundatyalli, and Yabula-yabula 
dialects, spoken by the aboriginal inhabitants of central 
and western Victoria, I beg to submit the result of my 
labours for publication in your Journal. The information 
now supplied is of considerable importance, as extending 
and confirming my previous researches among the remnants 
of the native tribes of Victoria.’ Now is the time, while 
the opportunity still exists, to endeavour to preserve some 
record of the speech of the Australian Aborigines. Ihave 
abbreviated my notes as much as possible, in order to bring 
the subject within the space at the disposal of this Journal, 
but it is hoped that the present article will be found 
sufficient for the purpose intended, if it be read in connec- 
tion with my former memoirs on the speech of the aboriginal 
tribes of Victoria. 
The system of orthoépy adopted herein is the same as 
that used in my “Language of the Butngandity Tribe of 
South Australia,’’ already published in this volume, to 
which the reader is referred, pages 59 to 74. 
14 « The Aboriginal Languages of Victoria,” with Vocabularies, Journ. 
Roy. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. xxxvi., pp. 71-106, in which I dealt with six of 
the native tongues. See also my “ Yotayota Language” and “ Buréba 
Language,” spoken within the Victorian frontier on the Murray River, 
Journ. Roy. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. xxxvi., pp. 167-175, with Vocabulary at 
pp. 179-190. 
